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Guide to help you have more money in your pocket facebook.com/agecymru twitter.com/agecymru www.agecymru.org.uk 2 The quarterly newsletter from Age Cymru Summer edition 2024 No quiet summer for us with ... 4 July 2024. We were delighted to publish our Blueprint for older people in Wales setting out the key issues we wish to see the new UK Government tackle, from pensioner poverty to digital exclusion and
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2023/2024 Advice on keeping warm this winter and claiming your entitlements Learn how grandchildren can help prevent you from falling Update on our campaign to keep face-to-face banking on our high streets facebook ... Matters is probably our most important as we provide as much information and advice as possible to help you meet the many challenges of winter. Our key message this year is to make sure you keep yourself
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Response Age UK’s response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s examination of the Draft Pensions Bill in relation to the single-tier State Pension Ref: 0513 February 2013 Name: Sally West ... objective. The level of the single-tier pension needs to be high enough to provide an adequate platform for saving and to reduce means-testing. We question if this will be achieved if it is set at £144 in today’s
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parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. ... „Ideas Challenge‟ set out by Oliver Letwin MP at Party Conference 2011. Three streams were prioritised for the Ideas Challenge: productivity; cities towns and villages of the future; and our ageing population
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Advice 0300 303 44 98 www.agecymru.org.uk Factsheet 61w July 2023 Help with NHS health costs in Wales and services which are free for older people Factsheet 61w July 2023 ... GP in England 3 2.3 Medical Exemption Certificates for free prescriptions in all parts of the UK 4 3 Free NHS services for people who have reached a
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right to be treated with respect by society. The Equality Act 2010 provides a set of legislative tools for tackling age discrimination both within the area of employment and in the provision of goods and services ... been largely exempted from the ban. The Equality Act 2010 must be effectively used by the Welsh Government and all public authorities in Wales to protect older people from discrimination and promote age
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health and independence. Opportunities for healthy living should be increased and barriers removed, particularly for disadvantaged older people. Public health messages, for example around safe levels of alcohol ... target older audiences in the most appropriate way and through the most relevant channels. The Welsh Government must ensure that people across Wales have equitable access to the ‘Add to your Life’ checks and
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funding for social care. Since our last edition in 2012, the Care Bill has addressed some of our concerns about the framework for care and support of older people1. In addition, the Government has committed ... committed to transferring £3.8 billion from the NHS for joint NHS and local council decisions about the funding of heath and care services from 2015. However, as this briefing shows, this funding allocation
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Golden Thread Advocacy Programme introduction page. Basic background and outline of work for the newly funded programme.
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There is a new State Pension for anyone who reaches State Pension age after 6 April 2016.
